There's a quote attributed to Lincoln.

He says, be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The other day I was listening to Dan Carlin's podcast called Hardcore History,

which, side note, is an incredible podcast.

Guys, a brilliant storyteller.

And as I was listening, there's a specific idea that I wanted to dive into,

an idea that I believe if we make an effort to understand and fully commit to, is capable of changing our lives.

But first, some quick context, right? So Dan starts off this episode called King of Kings,

talking about the Battle of Thermopylae in the year of 480 BC in ancient Greece,

it's that famous story that a lot of us know,

where King Leonidas leads that small army,

which includes 300 Spartans

against this massive Persian military force that's invading.

And the quick version is essentially Xerxes, who's the king of the

Persian Empire and in charge of that massive army, tells the much smaller Spartan force that if they

lay down their weapons, if they submit to him and let, know the Persians pass no harm will be

inflicted upon them they'll be free to go go about their lives and here's

the famous line in response to the Persian command to lay down their weapons

the Spartans respond,

Milan-Labé, which means come and take them.

It's a Spartan's way of saying, look, the only way we're laying these weapons down

is if you rip them from our cold dead hands, right? With everything on the line,

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